A Place to Play. Overview The Los Angeles River, which flows through the city of Los Angeles, California, and other nearby cities, is a flood-control channel.
Encased in concrete by the United States Army Corps of Engineers following floods in the 1930s, it has long been a hidden eyesore and a dumping ground, scarcely known to most residents of the city, and playing no meaningful part in civic life. But many years of effort by advocacy groups and city leaders to revitalize the river have begun to pay off. In May of 2014, the Corps of Engineers recommended approval of a $1 billion proposal to restore habitat, widen the river, establish wetlands, and create recreational opportunities. In this series of lessons, you'll assume the role of a GIS analyst hired by the City of Los Angeles to identify promising locations for new park development close to the river.
Build skills in these areas: What you need: ArcGIS Online Publisher role in the LearnGIS Organization Estimated time: 5 hours. Home : Los Angeles River : The City of Los Angeles. Children's Health. This collection of webinars provides helpful information to promote and support healthy school environments.
This list includes registration links to upcoming webinars and links to previously recorded webinars. The webinars feature experts from the EPA, other federal, and non-federal programs. Upcoming webinar times are Eastern Standard but may change so please check back here regularly. Many of these webinars are part of the Department of Education's Green Strides Webinar Series. Sensible Steps to Healthier School Environments. Environmental Health Risk Assessment. Search Your Environment by ZIP Code. OEHHA CalEnviroScreen 1.1. California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen 1.1) [09/13/13] updated 03/07/14 The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announce the availability of an update to the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool: CalEnviroScreen 1.1.
CalEnviroScreen is a screening methodology that can be used to help identify California communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution. CalEnviroScreen 1.1 uses the same methodology as Version 1.0 except that the indicator for race/ethnicity was removed from the calculation of a community’s CalEnviroScreen score.
This change was made to facilitate the use of the tool by government entities that may be restricted from considering race/ethnicity when making certain decisions. The CalEnviroScreen 1.1 document continues to calculate scores for the state’s ZIP codes. Updated Report: Flex Your Power Website. lEnviroscreen Version 1.1 - CalEnviroscreenVer11report.pdf. Is It Really Safe? Testing West Virginia's Water. After the Jan. 9 chemical spill into West Virginia's Elk River, more than 300,000 people lost access to clean, safe drinking water.
Government authorities have said the water is now "usable" for all purposes including drinking, but many residents say they don't trust the water. Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. Welcome - California Water Plan Web Site. States - Maps. Full Screen Grey Base National Geographic Satellite Street Topographical Views Remove All Map Layers > 500 thousand tonnes/year Solid Biomass.
SEED - Resource Center. Instructions The Resource Center is a curated collection of information organized around 7 green economy “Sectors” and 7 “Topics.”
In time, more Sectors will be added. Topics represent those areas in which educators and workforce development professionals continue to seek direction. You can search by sector or by topic. Or across all sectors and/or all topics. You can also perform a keyword search of all resources on the top right of this page. Solar The solar industry is expected to show steady growth over the coming decade largely due to rising energy prices, advances in technology through public/private partnerships and investments, and continued enactment of federal and state policies and financial incentives. more >> - Also see General Clean Tech for more helpful resources.
Wind Green Building Energy Efficiency Sustainability Education Sustainable Ag., Food & Land. How Green Is That Product? An Introduction to Environmental Life Cycle Assessmen. Energy Center. Campus-as-a-Living-Lab.pdf. ShowerSaver tracks and displays water usage, guilts you out of the shower. In countries where we're 'water-rich', where the only constraints to our water use are the capacity of our hot water heater and the fear of a large water bill at the end of the month, how can we learn to use water more wisely at home?
We all know we should not let the water run continuously while we brush our teeth (or do the dishes), and that we should take shorter showers, but how can we translate the length of our showers into actual gallons of water used, and gain a better awareness of our wasteful habits? One way might be through using a device like the ShowerSaver. "The ShowerSaver has a unique auto-start feature, which means you never have to worry about remembering to turn it on or off. Simply step into the shower and let the ShowerSaver do the rest. It works by using a special infra-red sensor that knows to start as soon as it picks up your body heat.